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Chapter 9

Stuck With A Mudblood

A few minutes had passed since Hermione and Draco realized they were going to be stuck in a bathroom all night together.

Draco, was currently sitting against the wall on the right side of the door, banging his head back against it.

I can't believe that I am stuck with a mudblood, in a bathroom, all night.

On the opposite side of the door, Hermione sat against the wall glaring at him.

' God that is so annoying, I wonder how long he is going to do that.' Draco heard Hermione think.

Hearing that only provoked him to continue.

' God does Malfoy know how to get on my nervous. And I bet he is doing that on purpose.'

Yup.

' Oh is he ever gonna stop.'

Probably not anytime soon.

' How much longer can he possibly bang his head against a wall?'

As long as it bugs you.

' He is probably gonna loose brain cells from hitting his head so many times.'

It will be worth it if I drive you insane.

' Oh I can't take it anymore.'

" Will you stop that?" Hermione said finally.

Draco ignored her and continued banging his head back against the wall and starring straight in front of him.

When he heard Hermione sigh, he held back a smile.

' I can't believe that I am stuck in a bathroom all night with Malfoy. As if my day wasn't bad enough… oh what did I do to deserve this?'

Hermione glared at Draco again. ' Well two can play that game.'

'Two can play that game?' What does she mean by that?

His question was answered momentarily when he heard Hermione began to hum quietly at first, but within a few moments her humming grew louder.

God that is so annoying. He thought.

He was just about to tell her this, but before he could get the chance he heard…

' Judging by your face I can tell that you don't like my humming. See just because I don't annoy people all the time like you doesn't mean that I can't be annoying when I want to.'

Oh shit, you let her see that she was getting to you. Draco thought to himself, and did the best he could to act as though her humming wasn't annoying the hell out of him. Well if that bitch thinks that she can bet me at my own game, she's got another thing coming.

However, no matter how hard he tried he couldn't seem to tune out her humming.

Just try and ignore her. She will give in soon.

But he was proven wrong when he heard her next thought.

' If he thinks I'm gonna stop anytime soon then he has got another thing coming. I could hum and hum for hours.'

'Hum and hum for hours.' Draco thought, horrified at that thought. God I couldn't take that. I don't even know if I can stand this for another second.

Draco stopped banging his head against the wall, mostly due to the fact that is was starting to hurt him, but also because he thought he was going to go insane listening to Hermione's humming.

Hermione stopped humming.

' Finally. You stopped first. Ha I won. You lost. Malfoy is a loser. Malfoy is a loser.'

Draco's face grew pink. Who the hell does she think she is? She thinks she can beat me. Ha! We will just see about that.

" You know with all the girls that I could have been stuck in here with, it had to be you. A know it all mudblood." Draco said coldly.

" Oh like I like being stuck in here with a spoiled, conceded, git." Hermione shot back.

" What ever Granger, I happen to know tons of girls of who love to be stuck in this bathroom with me" Draco said

Well at least I thought I did until today when I found out most of them think I'm pretty much what Granger said. A spoiled, conceded, git.

" However, I don't think I can think of one single guy who would want to be stuck in here with you." Draco added.

' That's not true Harry and Ron would. Oh no actually they wouldn't right now. Oh your are probably right, but I am not about to let you know that.' He heard here think and held back a smirk.

" And how would you know? Just because I don't date a lot doesn't mean that guys don't like me." Hermione said.

Draco laughed coldly, " Why would anyone like an ugly mudblood like you?"

' Oh that was harsh'

" And what do you mean date a lot? I've never seen you date anyone."

" Well Viktor Krum for one." Hermione said.

' Well we almost dated.'

" Viktor Krum actually liked you? I knew he took you to that dance, but I always thought that he just felt sorry for you or something."

"For your information he did like me. A lot. And the summer after our fourth year he asked me out, but I said no because I didn't believe in long distance relationships, but I told him we could still be friends." Hermione explained. " He agreed to just be friends, but was really upset about it. He even insisted that he had never felt this way about any other girl before."

" Why would Krum, a famous Quidditch player, who could practically get any girl he wants, want you?" Draco asked.

' I wondered the same thing at first.'

You did?

" He said that I wasn't like all the other girls he meet who drooled all over him day and night, even though they knew nothing about him."

" So your telling me that a famous Quidditch player asked you out and told you that he was like in love with you and you said no because you don't believe in long distance relationships? Damn Granger you are off your rocker."

' Well it wasn't really because I don't believe in long distance relationships. Truthfully Viktor just wasn't the guy for me. I mean he was smart and honestly a lot like me in many ways, but I guess I just always pictured myself with a more exciting guy.'

That's defiantly surprising. Draco thought as his jaw dropped after hearing her last thought

Luckily Hermione was looking down at the ground and didn't see him.

" You know what Malfoy. You may have tons of girls who chase after you, but did you ever stop to think why all these girls are just throwing themselves at you?"

" Because I am one sexy guy." Draco said smugly.

' That is for sure, but I would rather die than admit that to you. Oh no I did not just think Malfoy is a sexy guy. Oh what is wrong with me?'

Nothing's wrong with you, I am a sexy guy. How long have you thought this?

Draco starred at Hermione in disbelief.

He was so shocked by what he just heard that he almost missed what she said next.

" Well I defiantly wouldn't say that, but a lot of girls do find you .. ..attractive, and in my opinion they all have some serious brain problems" Hermione said

"However, you are also rich."

" Do have a point Granger?" Draco asked impatiently.

" Don't you see? Here you are making fun of me because I've had only one guy who was in love with me and cared about me, when all you have is a bunch of girls who couldn't give a ….." Hermione said searching for the right words.

' Oh go on Hermione say it. There are really no better words to describe it.

" Who couldn't give a shit about you. They only like you for either your looks or money. I mean I bet no girl has ever actually cared about you. I bet no girl even took the time to actually get to know the real you. And who can blame them. Who would like an arrogant asshole?" Hermione said.

Draco jumped to his feet. Those words had hit him deep.

Up until today he had never really given much thought about if these girls actually liked him, he just assumed they did.

However, finding out that they all don't really like him at all had actually upset him and Hermione rehashing that for him really ticked him off.

" How the fucking hell do you know if these girls like me or not?" Draco yelled causing Hermione to jump.

' I think I actually hit a nerve. See you think you know me so well, and yes oddly it seems that lately you have been accurate about a lot of stuff about me, but I know you too Malfoy.'

Draco thought about this for a moment.

She's right, she does seem to know me. Which is odd because the only reason I have been right about things about her is because I heard her think them. But she is right about me even though she can't hear my thoughts. In fact she seems like she may even know more about me then I know, up until today when I found out what people really think of me.

" Whatever Granger. I'm too tired to care what a mudblood thinks about me. I'm going to sleep." He said as he turned off the light and slide down back against the wall again.

He really needed to think. However, though on the opposite side of the door, Hermione sat there quietly, her thoughts were not so quiet.

' Oh I can't possibly sleep. With Harry and Ron mad at me. My best friends. And it's not like I have a lot of friends either. I wonder who I am going to sit by at meal times tomorrow.'

Draco covered his ears.

" Granger go to sleep." He yelled.

" I am trying." He heard her call with a hint of confusion in her voice.

Through the darkness he watched as he saw Hermione lay down.

' God it is so cold.' He heard her think.

Draco wrapped his arms around himself. She was right. It was cold. Especially since both of there clothes were still soaked.

Draco glanced over at Hermione, who from what he could make out in the darkness was curled up into a little ball shivering.

An odd feeling creped into his stomach.

Did he actually feel sorry for her?

No I couldn't possibly feel sorry for a mudblood. But it if hadn't been for me then she would never have been in this situation to begin with.

He glanced over at her still shivering figure and sighed.

He was freezing.

She was freezing.

He knew what he had to do.